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By Quimby Melton
Gene Patterson, editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, in his Sun
day column headed “The Old
Constitution Gets a Last Visit.”
brought a chain of memories
running through Good Evening’s
mind.
Editor Gene and some of t h e
younger generation of “old”
Constitution men visited the
four-story Constitution Building
that will be torn down. It was in
1883 the Constitution building, on
the comer of Forsyth and Ala
bama was “proudly dedicated
by Evan Howell and Henry Gr
ady.” For many years it was
the outstanding example of a
“modem” newspaper plant.
Borne years ago the morning pa
per was moved, first to a new
building “catacorner” from the
old one and then later into the
Journal building.
We read Editor Gene’s col
umn with more than interest;
remembering the first time we
ever visited the old building, and
also recalling 1915 when we went
to work there.
Now Editor Patterson and
those other Constitution “veter
ans” who paid a farewell visit
to the old building, were not
even born when Good Evening
first worked there.
Pardon an “old timer” if he
“dreams dreams” of the days
gone by when The Atlanta Con
stitution, was edited by the late
Clark Howell, Sr., son of Evan
P. Howell who founded the pa
per. Mr. Howell was not only
editor but commander-in-chief.
— + —
The first time we ever visited
the Constitution was in 1910,
when our father, the lr 'r. W.
F. Melton, took his journalism
class from Oxford to Atlanta
and “the boys” got out an edi
tion of the paper. There are men
in Atlanta, Ernie Rogers being
one of them, who can recall sub
sequent visits to “get out the
paper.”
Then In 1915 went to the Con
stitution, and after a few weeks
as a reporter, to get “b a c k
ground” of the city, became city
editor. And we have never en
joyed two years on any paper
more. (In 1917 we joined Uncle
Barn’s Army, thus ending our
career as a Clark Howell emplo
ye.) Francis Clark was the
managing editor — later he be
came editor; Dick Moran, the
greatest trainer of newsmen the
south has ever known, was night
city editor; Ned McIntosh, who
later became managing editor
cf the New York Herald; Britt
Craig, who “broke” the M ar y
Fagan murder story; Tillou
Forbes, who in addition to being
a good reporter was a star on
the old Atlanta Athletic Club
basketball team; Bessie Kemp
on, who later served as the fir
st woman in the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly, Nelle Boyton,
Who later became a feature wri
ter for the Hearst papers in Cali
fornia; and Dick Broyles, who
after service in the Army, en
tered the ministry; were the
reporters. Dick Jimmerson
was sports editor and a c ha p
named Reynolds, who could
write the most effective heads
we have ever seen, was tele
graph editor, and Ray White
wrote editorials.
The Dooly Girls — Isma and
Louise, were in charge of th e
woman’s dept, and won fame
With the interesting way they
reported Grand Opera. Isma
wrote a daily column, while ope
ra was being staged — “The
Diamond Circle” and to
“make” this column was consi
dered the top social achieve
ment.
Then there was Frank L. Stan
ton whose daily column of poet
ry and stories of Georgia life
has never been equalled. (One
of Good Evening’s most treasur
ed mementoes is a poem, writ
ten in Mr. Stanrin’s handwrit
ing “Welcome Home Boys” that
he wrote and pinned on the bul
letin board in the city room as
Constitution men came home
from the war.
We remember Hi Romans, in
charge of the Tri-weekly; Press
Huddleston, who wrote business
news; Foreman Turner of t h e
Press Room; a chap named Br
uce and another Gus Russell,
who held away in the compos
ing room; also the artist Louis
Gregg; and many others whose
names escape us at this writing.
And of course we remember the
late Clark Howell, Jr., who
worked as a special summer
time reporter, while on vacation
from the University of Georgia.
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GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871
20 Americans
Held Hostage
In
By LEONARDO LA CAYO
United Frees International
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (UP!)
—Oppisition forces seized 20
Americans and are holding
them as hostages following
clashes between Nicaraguan
army troops and anti-govern
ment demonstrators which
raged through the night in
downtown Managua, a govern
ment communique announced
today.
An official communique re
ported 15 persons were killed
and 70 wounded in the fighting
that went on from late Sunday
to early Monday.
The government report said
20 American hostages were
being held at the Grand Hotel
by the opposition party’s
presidential candidate and bis
supporters.
The fighting broke out late
Sunday afternoon when army
troops fired on a large crowd of
anti-government demonstrators.
Headed by opposition pres
idential candidate Fernando
Augero, the crowd—estimated
as high as 50,000 persons —
marched to the headquarters of
the Nicaraguan national guard
(army) to demand pledges of
non-violence and non-interfer
ence by the armed forces in
Nicaragua’s current presidential
campaign.
The crowd fanned out along a
seven-block stretch of Avenida
Roosevelt, the city’s main
street. It was then the shooting
erupted.
Infuriated by the shooting, the
crowd rioted, swarming through
the streets. A number of fires
were set.
There were reports snipers
were firing at troops from
rooftops in the city.
Tropical Nicaragua, the lar
gest of the Central American
republics, is about the size of
Illinois. Its population is esti
mated at 1.6 million. Some
160,000 persons live in Managua,
a pleasant city near the Pacific.
Aguero is candidate of the
tradionalist conservative party.
He is opposed in the election by
Gen. Anastasio Somoza, son of
the dictator by the same name
who ruled Nicaragua with an
iron fist from 1936 until hi3
assassination in 1956.
The Bmoza family has main
Supreme Court
Knocks Out Law
On Subversives
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
Supreme Court today struck
down a New York state law
aimed at keeping subversives
out of the school system.
The vote was 5 to 4. Justice
William J. Brennan Jr., speak
ing for the majority, called the
law a “regulatory maze.”
Dissenting were Justices Tom
C. Clark, John M. Harlan,
Potter Stewart and Byron R.
White.
The case was pictured as
raising the question of whether
the law abridged freedom of
speech and thought and threa
tened academic freedom.
In his opinion, Brennan said:
"There can be no doubt of the
legitimacy of New York’s
interest in protecting its educa
tion system from subversion.
But ‘even though the govern
purpose be legitimate
and substantial, that purpose
cannot be pursued by means
that broadly stifle fundamental
personal liberties when the end
can be more narrowly ach
ieved.”
The New York school loyalty
has been built around
the so-called Feinberg law
in 1949 and upheld by
Supreme Court in 1952.
A key change made since then
an amendment to make it
to state colleges.
The case was brought to the
court by five men who are now
or have been connected with the
University.
They balked at signing the
“Feinberg Certificate,” which
says the oath-taker is not a
party member and
if he ever has been, he has
revealed the fact to the
university.
The certificate, developed as
a means of carrying out the
is no longer used. But its
discontinuance did not affect
law itself.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, January 23,1967
tained tight hold over the
national guard, key to power in
Nicaragua.
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New Dundee Fire Truck
Dundee Volunteer Fire Department Number One received its new truck over the weekend. Some of the fire
men went to Tipton, Ind. and drove it to Griffin. Capt. Jesse Gibson (in truck) discusses the trip with Assistant
Chief Robert Aaron and V. S. Phillips.
LBJ Asks More
Benefits For
Elder Citizens
By ALVIN SPIVAK
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres
idnet Johnson asked Congress
today to enact $4.1 billion in
expanded benefits for the
elderly, including a 20 per cent
over-all increase in Social
Security payments financed by
increased payroll taxes.
In a special message calling
for Social Security increases
ranging from 15 to 59 per cent
for the 23 million people
receiving payments, Johnson
proposed:
—A three-step increase in the
ceiling on wages subject to
Social Security taxes, now
$6,600. It would go to $7,800 in
1968, to $9,000 in 1971, and to
$10,800 in 1974.
—Increasing to 4.5 per cent
the schedule calling for the rate
increase to go to 4.4 per cent in
1969, and revising upward to 5
per cent the scheduled 1973
increase to 4.85 per cent. The
rate, effective the first
the year, is 3.9 per cent for
cash monthly benefits, plus 0.5
per cent for Medicare. Thus the
proposed rates for future years
would actually be 0.5 per cent
higher than the figures cited by
Johnson when Medicare is
added on.
—A 15 per cent increase for
the remaining 20.5 million
beneficiaries.
—A boost to $150 In the
monthly minimum benefit for a
retired couple with 25 years of
coverage, and to $100 a month
for an individual in that
category.
—A rise in special benefits
“paid to more than 900,000
persons 72 or over, who have
made little or no Social Security
contribution—from $35 to $50
monthly for an individual; from
$52.50 to $75 for a couple.”
—Special benefits "for an
200,000 persons 72 or
over, who have never received
before.”
The Social Security benefit
would become effective
on July 1 of this year. They
include:
—A 59 per cent increase for
million people now receiving
benefits, bringing the
$44 a month minimum
individuals to $70 for
and $105 for married
couples.
He also proposed revising the
security law to provide:
—Benefits for “severely disa
widows under 62.”
Wilkes Says Sanders
Overrode Budget
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Infantrymen
Smash Way Into
Viet Cave
By BRYCE MILLER
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —American
infantrymen smashed their way
into a Communist cave and
tunnel sanctuary so complex it
included a hidden underground
river, U.S. spokesmen 6aid
today.
Spokesmen also disclosed that
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Soon She’ll Be
Just Another
Walking Wiener
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) —
Greta, a stumpy little dachs
hund, has gained a certain dis
tinction as being half-dog and
half-cart.
It all started when Greta
broke her two hind legs early
this month.
A dachshund has enough trou
ble keeping its stomach from
dragging with the use of four
good legs. Greta was in trouble.
But her master, maJes Mc
Gahee, devised a contraption
with wheels that allowed Greta
to become mobile.
The limelight is fading,
though. The veterinarian said
the cast on Greta’s hind legs
can come off any day now.
And Greta will be just an
other "walking wiener.”
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Jaycee Awards
Event Tonight
The Young Man of the Year
and the Educator of the Year
awards will be presented tonight
at the Jaysee meeting at the
Moose Club. The meeting will
begin at 7:30.
Nominations for the awards
were made by citizens of Grif
fin and Spalding County at the
invitation of the Jaycees.
A committee of the Jaycees
compiled the nominations ana
made the selections.
a Navy destroyer mistakenly
shelled a South Vietnamese
village, killing four civilians and
wounding nine others.
In the air war, a U.S. Air
Force fighter-bomber was lost
over North Vietnam today—
apparently from non-hostile
causes—as monsoon rains that
shielded the Communist Red
River delta formed over the
area for the first time in more
than a week. The fate of the
pilot of the fighter-bomber was
unknown. A spokesman said he
“got himself caught in a bad
situation” in the freshly budding
monsoon clouds.
Before the clouds and heavy
rain obscured targets, U.S.
planes hammering at the heart
of North Vietnam’s vital rail
network fought Communist jets
to a bloodless draw for the
second day in a row Sunday in
“Mig alley” near Hanoi.
New J e t Build-up
In another development, re
connaissance photographs re
leased today by the Air Force
showed a massive build-up of
Russian-built MIG jet intercep
tors at the Communist Kep
Airbase about 35 miles north
east of Hanoi.
The pictures of the base—one
of four the MIGs operate from
—showed an estimated 35 of the
jets parked in protected revet
ments. Under current restric
tions, American jets cannot
bomb either the base or the
MIGs on the ground.
The Communist underground
sanctuary was discovered on
the South Vietnamese coast 22
miles southwest of Bong Son.
The shelling of the friendly
village occurred Saturday, the
spokesman said. The cause of
the accident was given as
“target plotting error.” The
destroyer was firing at a
heavily bunkered enemy area
about three miles west of the
hamlet, the spokesman said.
Hit Military Sites
The spokesmen said the new
dogfights occurred during
armed reconnaissance missions
against rail lines, anti aircraft
sites, SAM missile sites and
radar installations.
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Quirks
COOKED
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UPI)
— Colorado State University has
lost three “hot” ducks and
would like to hear from anyone
who found—or ate them.
Dr. Ward Whicker said the
three mallards were treated
with radioactive material as
part of a study. The radiation
biology professor said the birds
weren’t “hot” enough to se
riously injure anyone, but the
school would like to make ^
study of any person who might
have eaten them.
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NEW SPORT
NEW HAVEN, Mich. (UPI) —
Police today accused three men,
alleged members of the outlaws
motorcycle gang, of indulging in
a new fad called “streaking.”
The fad consists of driving up
to a bar, parking the car and
strolling casually through the
place before leaving. Police said
they did it 10 times in 10
different bars Saturday night,
completely nude.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA—Partly cloudy to cloudy,
warm and humid this afternoon,
tonight and Tuesday with some
fog late tonight or early Tues
day.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 72, minimum today
51, maximum Sunday 72, mini
mum Sunday 48. Sunrise Tues
day 7:40 a.m., sunset Tuesday
6:05 p.m.
Griffin Family Finds
Relative After 53 Years
A Griffin family was united
with a cousin it had never seen
before in a reunion at the home
of Mrs. Annas Childers, 809 Mer
iwether street.
The family had not heard any
thing from the cousin since she
was three years old. At that
time, her father was killed in a
storm in Miami, Fla., — 53 ye
ars ago.
After her father was killed,
the cousin moved with her mo
ther to Jackson, Miss. Her mo
ther, the former Nancy Fletcher
of Tifton, died. There, the Grif
finites’ cousin met and married
Charlie Ross.
Mrs. Childers said she found
her cousin by writing the Crisp
County Sheriff at Tifton. He told
her that the family had moved
to Jackson after the father’s
US Tax Hike
Would Hurt
State Little
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI)—State Bud
get Director Wilson Wilkes
charged today Gov. Carl San
ders overrode the recommenda
tions of the Budget Bureau pre
paring his budget for the next
biennium.
Wilkes told the House Appro
priations Committee, holding
hearings on a new budget, the
Budget Bureau pared estimates
of the state’s anticipated in
come before Gov. Lester Mad
dox cut about $14 million from
the Sanders budget,
riations committee, James H.
(Sloppy) Floyd of Trion, pinned
Wilkes down exactely who
was responsible for the earlier
over-estimation.
“If you really must know, it
was the outgoing governor,”
Wilkes said.
Maddox has come under fire
from some quarters for loping
the $14 million off Sanders’
budget. Wilkes gave no reason
for the Sanders over-estimation.
Another state budget officer,
Revenue estimator Huston D.
Smith Jr., in testimony before
the committee said Georgia
revenue would suffer little ef
fect from President Johnson’s
proposed six per cent income
tax surcharge.
If Johnson’s tax goes into ef
fect, Smith said, it would cost
Georgians about $80 million in
actual taxes paid to the federal
government. However, he said
actual Georgia revenue would
drop only about $3.2 million per
year. This is an insignificent
amout compared with the $1.66
billion biennial budget.
Smith also said the war in
Vietnam was the, greatest sin
gle variable factor facing rev
enue estimators at this time.
“The future volume of spend
ing will be determined as much
by decisions made in Commu
nist capitals as by any made,
in Washington,” he said.
Smith predicted that wages
will rise about five per cent
mainly due to increases in the
federal minimum wage and
higher wages obtained through
collective bargaining.
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with my faults, I ought to be
able to tolerate theirs.”
death.
Mrs. Childers received a re
ply from the sheriff within a
week and wrote to Mrs. Ross in
Jackson. She told about her fa
mily and asked her to write back
about hers. They were the
same.
Mrs. Childers planned to go to
Jacksen to see if she could find
the Rosses, but instead, the
Rosses came to Griffin for a
two-day visit, four months after
first being contacted by M r s,
Childers.
Mrs. Ross has a brother who
lives in Texas and a sister, who
was believed killed in an auto
mobile accident in Florida. The
family has not been able to find
out anything about the sister,
Mary.
Mrs. Childers had been writing
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Pastor
The Rev. Edwin E. Bailey
has accepted a call to pastor
the Highland Baptist Church.
He and his wife, Carolyn, are
graduates of Southern Bap*
tist Seminary in Louisville in
Louisville, Ky. They will as
sume duties at the church on
Jan. 30.
1-75 Ahead
Of Schedule
In Henry County
A section of Interstate 75 in
Henry Conuty is two months
ahead of schedule and may be
completed in the late fall, wea
ther permitting.
The section, however, will not
be opened until signs have been
erected and sections completed
in Butts County and points south.
Emerson Stewart, Field En
gineer of the State Highway De
partment, and Resident Engi
neer E. C. Garrett, said pro
gress on the 7.568 mile link from
Locust Grove northward had
been excellent.
One spokesman said it will
take about 18 months before con
struction is completed out of Ma
con.
Thirty percent of the road
work and 42 percent of the brid
ge work has been completed. All
grading, drainage and prepara
tion for roadway base has been
completed on the road. Remain- •
ing work includes basing and
paving.
Eight bridges are slated for
completion this summer. Four
of the bridges, two at Indian
Creek, one at Indian Creek road
and one at Greenwood have been
completed.
Contracts for eight miles in
Henry County and eight miles in
Clayton County are yet to be let.
It is known that no Interstate
funds will be available until af
ter July 1.
The Henry County contract
will be for eight miles from Mc
Donough to the Henry County
line and the Clayton eight will
be from the county line to Mor
row.
to Mary and suddenly the let
ters stopped. This prompted her
to try to find Mrs. Ross. She
wanted to find out what had hap
pened to Mary, but found out la
ter that Mrs. Ross did not know.
Attending the family reunion
in Griffin were Mr. and Mrs.
Hoyt Childers, Mrs. Kate Akin,
Mrs. Zettela Thomas of Clarks
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Knight
and daughter of Experiment, the
Rev. and Mrs. Bddie Johnson of
Lithonia, Harvey Knight and
daughter, Mrs. Patsy Barron
of Decatur, John C. Knight of
Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Coley
Wells of Forest Park, Mr. and
Mrs. George Wells and child
ren, Bruce, Tommy and Wanda
of Griffin and a friend, Mrs. Nell
Morris of Griffin.